词汇 | happy warrior |
词源 | happy warrior. Since the beginning of the 19th century happy warrior has meant someone cheerfully undeterred by opposi- tion of any kind. Capitalized, it was a nickname for Alfred (Al) E. Smith, governor of New York and an unsuccessful presiden- tial candidate in 1928. |
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